“Stop living for compensation but begin to cultivate your own ground.”

“Struggle! To struggle is to live, and the fiercer the struggle the intenser the life. Then you will have lived; and a few hours of such life are worth years spent vegetating.”

“Self-acceptance is the basis of a happy life.”

“To live with hope is to seek heavenly help.”

“Even though our time in this life is temporary, if we live well enough, our legacy will last forever.”

“[B]e comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your soul means that you are still alive, still human, and still open to the beauty of the world, even though you have done nothing to deserve it. And when you resent the ache in your heart, remember: You will be dead and buried soon enough.”

“We are pathfinders on a mission, Beholders following the Light, Runners gunning for the prize and Fighters remaining focused…You have been described, do not accept any other description!”

“When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.”

“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”

“When you were in love like we were in love, there existed a temporary forever ahead of you. A knowledge that what we had was for life, but that life was only guaranteed by the second.Which meant that every second I had a choice to make, I had to choose what would really make me happy. What most people never learned was that sometimes what would make us happy the most also scares us the most. Sometimes being happy meant being brave.I aimed to be brave every second of every day.”

“Living in happiness means practicing the dance of “detachment-attachment”. On a daily basis, we must sense which moments, which events, which people, thoughts and circumstances to detach ourselves from; and which ones to attach ourselves to. Learning this dance, and doing it well, leads to happiness.”

“Wearing fake happiness is as good as smearing foundation. A bit of moisture drains it all.”

“It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future.”

“It is not where we are that matters nor what we have, it is what we do with where we are and what we have.”